With the series "The Lubitsch Touch" now underway at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/t89bmspd), it's the perfect time to pick up a copy of Joseph McBride's now-classic, HOW DID LUBITSCH DO IT?. tinyurl.com/9hxdra2b @columbiaup.bsky.social

From Charlie Tyson, on a slew of recent novels that try to offer a portrait of the influencer at work—most of which can’t resist mimicking the vapid form they seek to analyze. thebaffler.com/latest/they-...

In this Q&A, Kristin Grogan discusses STITCH, UNSTITCH and how modernist poetry reimagines labor, art, and life beyond work.

In Issue No. 10, Ian F. Blair examines Black films from the 1990s and 2000s — from "Boomerang" to "Love & Basketball" — that represented a golden age of Black upward-mobility cinema and projected fantasies of racial representation. hammerandhope.org/article/boom...

Watch an interview w/ A.J. Bauer as he discusses: his new book THE MAKING OF THE LIBERAL MEDIA: HOW CONSERVATIVES BUILT A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE PRESS w/ Perry Bacon Jr. tinyurl.com/mwvcjf27 @ajbauer.bsky.social @perrybaconjr.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

"The right-wing media is so large it's creating characters and soap operas that legacy media covers as news. I don't think that there's any real way out of that, outside of building a broad and big left media ecosystem to balance that out," says @ajbauer.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2086...

"The anti-woke backlash is a Red Scare, basically. It's the same logic. The goal is to, again, pull leftists and liberals apart, to create a wedge" between them," says @ajbauer.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2086...

In his new book, historian @ajbauer.bsky.social analyses the role that animosity towards established media outlets has played on the US Right and how the idea of a “liberal media bias” has historically featured in their ideological consolidation. Listen to us @straightwhitejc.bsky.social

Annika Brockschmidt talks w/ AJ Bauer to dismantle the long-standing about the "liberal media" and his new book, MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA: HOW CONSERVATIVES BUILT A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE PRESS. tinyurl.com/ycxtjatn @ajbauer.bsky.social @ardenthistorian.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Listen to an excellent interview with Ainehi Edoro as she discusses her new book FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK w/ @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. bit.ly/4td8q8O @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Then in the evening, I headed to the Madison Central Public Library where I was in conversation with the brilliant Ainehi Edoro, scholar and author of Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think

“Faculty members & students continue to speak up & organize to oppose the radical reconfiguration of American institutions launched by the Trump administration & its private-sector allies. Frequently, this has included organizing outside the gates.” — Reinhold Martin & Robert Newton, Columbia AAUP

On 4/14 at 5:30 (ET), join Anita Varma as she discusses SOLIDARITY IN JOURNALISM: HOW ETHICAL REPORTING FIGHTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE in a virtual discussion w/ Lewis Raven Wallace. bit.ly/3OrWgJX @anitawrites.bsky.social @interruptcrim.bsky.social @lewispants.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

"We are, [Joseph] Boone shows, in the midst of a new Melville revival, and THE MELVILLE EFFECT is an essential guide to its myriad cultural expressions." --Jennifer Greiman Now available! Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%. bit.ly/4tvxYNS @columbiaup.bsky.social

An excellent review of Edward Mendelson's THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY and Namwali Serpell's ON MORRISON by Tomas Unger. bit.ly/4ssdmWb @columbiaup.bsky.social

Tucked into this article about Jennifer Crewe retiring from @columbiaup.bsky.social is this jaw-droppingly sensational news. This is huge and wonderful ! magazine.columbia.edu/article/jenn...

"Technical and buoyant in equal measure, LYRIC LOGIC ... is a pleasure to think with."-- Oren Izenberg Now available: LYRIC LOGIC: HOW MODERN AMERICAN POETRY REASONS, by Johanna Winant. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%! bit.ly/4duLXyW @johannawinant.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

for national poetry month (which is every month if you're living right) here's a q&a for the @columbiaup.bsky.social blog about my book, STITCH, UNSTITCH: cupblog.org/2026/04/07/k...

What new histories emerge when we read dance and literature together? Nicole M. Morris Johnson explores how Black women’s writing and movement reshape our understanding of the “Souths” across the diaspora. buff.ly/wu1W8DD #TheSouthsInHer #BlackFeminism #BlackDiaspora #AfricanaStudies

Hey all! The latest episode of AB&IA is now on your favorite podcast platform. It features Katherine Fusco @fuscowrites.bsky.social & her book Hollywood’s Others: Love & Limitation In The Star System @columbiaup.bsky.social. Hope you’ll check it out. abookanditsauthor.libsyn.com/073-hollywoo...

LYRIC LOGIC is out in the world now!

That moment at SCMS @scmstudies.bsky.social Spotting Film Diplomacy at the booth of Columbia University Press 😍⚡️ @columbiaup.bsky.social next to books by brilliant scholars.🔥🔥🔥 #filmdiplomacy #newbook

"I think about it as a way of stepping through the idea together and arriving someplace intensely personal." Very exciting to see @publisherswkly.bsky.social highlight Diane Zinna's forthcoming, LETTING GRIEF SPEAK. bit.ly/4s9d3zi @dianezinna.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

"A valuable contribution to our understanding of the continued blurring of the boundary separating media and technology.” -- Philip Napoli Qun Wang's THE TECH-MEDIA HYBRID: GOOGLE'S NEWS AMBITION featured in a roundup of new books. bit.ly/4s6aA8R @columbiaup.bsky.social

In an excerpt from his excellent new book, AMERICAN LITERATURE'S WAR ON CRIME: NOVELS & THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF MASS INCARCERATION, Thedore Martin explores the impact of the War on Drugs on crime fiction. bit.ly/4m1IGJu @literaryhub.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

We the Platform is available for preorder with the discount code CUP20 if you order directly from the press! cup.columbia.edu/book/we-the-... A thread on the argument below:

This book is going to be incredible + open up an entire new field of research/inquiry for the literary & cultural studies discipline (grad students take note!). It models an entire new form of cultural criticism that combines close reading + historicism + theory + platform studies. Read her thread!

This is a genuinely transformative book. It's long overdue for lit scholars to take the internet seriously. Vadde gives us the conceptual apparatus—articulating logics of platforms, Creative Commons, Web 2.0—to do so. Get to it.

Courtney Barnett 🤝 Louis Zukofsky big praying mantis guys

On April 15th at 3:30 (zoom or in-person) join Nicole M. Morris Johnson as she discusses her amazing new book, THE SOUTHS IN HER: BLACK WOMEN WRITERS & CHOREOGRAPHERS & THE POETICS OF TRANSMUTATION at the University at Buffalo. bit.ly/4bMxOMn @nimojo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

I wanted to take a moment to let folks know that Ted Martin's extraordinary book _American Literature's War on Crime_ is out! The book surveys almost 100 novels to explore how the War on Crime was waged on the page & how fiction made the policies & ideologies of crime control legible. It's amazing!

Now available! HOW FILM BECAME HISTORY: THE RISE OF THE ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY IN 1930s AMERICA, by Thomas Doherty. Use the coupon code SCMS and save 30%! bit.ly/4tcRvCA @columbiaup.bsky.social

Use the code SCMS and save 30% off on all @columbiaup.bsky.social books in film and media studies, including the now-classic, KILL THE DOCUMENTARY, by Jill Godmilow. buff.ly/KZ30XGh

Next week in Search & Discovery we discuss music discovery. Liz Pelly joins us for a trip to WFMU, and we document our own musical discovery memoirs — how we cultivated our tastes across phases of our lives :) crossreference.wordsinspace.net/spring2026/w...

"The name Radley Metzger has long stood for a particular auteurist promise in adult film of the 1960s and 1970s." Coming this April, Rob King, author of MAN OF TASTE will be introducing some of the most famous films by the porn auteur at Metrograph! tinyurl.com/hvp37x4k @columbiaup.bsky.social

A nation that helped shape modern war reporting is now treated as peripheral. In the wake of journalist killings, the consequences are clear, writes Zahra Hankir. www.cjr.org/feature/who-...

Congratulations to Jarvis McInnis, whose book, AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION: PLOTTING AGRARIAN FUTURES IN THE GLOBAL BLACK SOUTH is the winner of the Pauli Murray Book Prize from the AAIHS. tinyurl.com/2ce7vn63 @columbiaup.bsky.social

"[A] ... rich contribution to the history of American conservatism." MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA: HOW CONSERVATIVES BUILT A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE PRESS, by A. J Bauer reviewed in The Progressive. tinyurl.com/4xukenk7 @ajbauer.bsky.social @theprogressivemag.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

What can Booker T. Washington and the legacy of the Tuskegee Institute teach us about Black liberation, modernity, and Black worldmaking? Jarvis C. McInnis discusses his book 'Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South' www.youtube.com/watch?v=poBt...

From Choice Outstanding Academic Titles to prizes from the Modern Language Association, the International Association for Media and History, & the Theatre Library Association, these books represent some of the field’s most notable scholarship. buff.ly/5CaKAc9 #SCMS26 @scmstudies.bsky.social

Film Diplomacy goes to #SCMS2026 @columbiaup.bsky.social

Spotted at the #SCMS2026 book exhibit!!! @columbiaup.bsky.social

"The most persuasive and engaging account I’ve read of how the internet ... has become a legitimate and exciting site of literary creation." -- Vauhini Vara Coming later this Spring, WE THE PLATFORM, by Aarthi Vadde. tinyurl.com/4tw79pyp @aarthivadde.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

For all those who want to kick off their weekend by celebrating the *extremely awesome* work of feminist film curating collectives!!!! 🎞️🎊😍 lareviewofbooks.org/article/femi...

Jeam-Christophe Cloutier, author of the forthcoming BIG AMERICAN WRITER: THE BILINGUAL JACK KEROUAC, on the history of the author's posthmous sales. tinyurl.com/yc6j3697 @literaryhub.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Get conference-ready! Our film and media studies titles engage both scholarly and general readers, offering new critical and historical perspectives on global film and media. #SCMS26 attendees can preview featured books and more online. buff.ly/WTUq8CQ @scmstudies.bsky.social #FilmStudies

the whole introduction of LYRIC LOGIC— titled "Philosophical Poetry"— is available to read via preview at @columbiaup.bsky.social 's site cup.columbia.edu/book/lyric-l...

I have the best friends (thanks @jessmaddox.bsky.social and Sean)! Stay fucking golden, Rod. www.cameo.com/recipient/69...

I am about 40 minutes in and I recommend this to every student, faculty member, and person who cares about the future of higher ed

Wow—there are SO MANY good books in poetics coming out these days. Feels like a real high-water-mark moment!! Here are just 2: @keegancf.bsky.social’s Poetry In General from @columbiaup.bsky.social and Amy De’Ath’s Behind Our Backs from @stanfordpress.bsky.social Exciting times!